Inside the room, the magical projection continued to play silently, yet the tension it generated felt suffocating to the four men watching it.
The eyes of King Estadian, Franz Hualimand, Prince Pratesias, and Prince Lionias remained wide as they watched the three-dimensional visual of the Larde tribe youth suddenly strip off his own clothes until he was completely naked right in front of the white silhouette. Shortly after, the youth turned around, displaying his back.
From the perspective of the reconstruction, they now witnessed with absolute clarity how the slave tattoo could disappear so mysteriously.
The white silhouette was seen raising his hand, as if holding a knife, then slowly slicing and peeling away the frozen layer of skin on the Larde youth's back.
Bastard! King Estadian cursed in his heart, his breathing growing erratic. I absolutely did not expect that he would permanently remove the slave tattoo by cutting, slicing, and separating the frozen skin like that!
King Estadian's fury boiled uncontrollably upon seeing the continuation of the scene. After the bloody process was complete, the visual of the Larde tribe youth turned around and immediately hugged the white silhouette tightly while sobbing, radiating profound gratitude.
Simply by watching this one emotional reconstruction in this narrow room, the King was already absolutely certain and had received the answer to everything. The puzzle had been solved.
First, Arvin Vedegra was the sole mastermind who freed the prisoners from the underground prison.
Second, Arvin Vedegra was the one who facilitated their escape.
Third, that action is completely unforgivable. Arvin Vedegra was the mysterious assassin who had taken the life of his second son, Wiltan, amidst the chaos of the escape.
"Stop your magic right now, Franz!" King Estadian ordered abruptly.
Hearing the command, Franz gasped. However, with the reflex of a servant, he immediately canceled his magic, even though he felt very puzzled in his heart.
Now, the projected silhouettes of the brown-skinned youth and the white figure faded and then disappeared completely. The golden-yellow dome that had been enveloping the palace also faded and vanished as the Mana Visualization magic was canceled.
Pratesias and Lionias, who had been focused on watching the continuation of the story inside the reconstruction, also felt confused by their father's sudden attitude.
"Why did you suddenly stop it, Father?" Pratesias gathered the courage to ask the King. "We haven't seen how he made his way to the underground prison or uncovered the identity of the mysterious assassin who killed Wiltan."
King Estadian turned his body, glaring at his eldest son with a sharp gaze.
"I don't need to see the rest. This proof is more than enough for me! I have confirmed with my own two eyes that Arvin Vedegra is the main mastermind behind the series of events that occurred in this palace!"
Hearing the firm answer laden with anger, Pratesias swallowed hard. He did not want to become the victim of the strongest man in the Victoriaz Kingdom venting his fury.
"If that is your decision, then what are we going to do to him now, Father?"
"I will go to the Flamort Kingdom and the Marland Kingdom, our two main allies!" the King declared straightforwardly. "I must meet their leaders and inform them that Arvin Vedegra is a real, serious threat to the security, sovereignty, and balance of this world!"
Hearing the King's grand plan to form an alliance to settle the score with Arvin Vedegra, Pratesias could only nod in agreement and did not dare to oppose the decision.
He knew very well that if they wanted to face the Vedegra family, a family known as the strongest, most revered, and most feared high-class noble family, the Victoriaz Kingdom could not fight them alone.
Reckless actions would only lead to destruction.
"At the very least, I know exactly how Arvin Vedegra infiltrated this palace!" King Estadian continued, indirectly revealing the reason he had ordered Franz to abruptly cancel his magic. "Besides being able to use gate magic, he must also possess a magic that renders his physical presence completely invisible to anyone."
The closing words just spoken by his father acted as a spark in Lionias's mind. He felt a sense of déjà vu. Instantly, his memory took him flashing back to the time the inter-kingdom magic tournament was taking place in the arena.
Alvein Vedegra. He remembered that name. One of Arvin's spouses had once demonstrated an extremely bizarre and unknown ability, a magic capable of making his attack magic vanish completely unseen by the naked eye.
Lionias was absolutely certain that Arvin Vedegra must possess and use the exact same camouflage magic as his spouse.
"Father!"
Responding to the urgent call, King Estadian turned his head and looked at his third son's face.
"What is it that you wish to tell me right now, Lionias?"
"Hearing your theory just now, I suddenly remembered Alvein Vedegra's bizarre magic at the tournament arena back then. He possesses a magic that can make his spells disappear without being seen by anyone!" Lionias explained rapidly. "I am absolutely certain that the magic used by Alvein is exactly the same as what Arvin Vedegra used to infiltrate our palace!"
The King's gaze instantly turned much more serious and sharp. Any piece of information, no matter how small, about his enemy was a treasure at this moment. He desperately wanted to dig deeper into this invisible magic, which was surely the main key to the success of Arvin's infiltration.
"Alvein Vedegra, you say?" King Estadian repeated, absorbing the name. "Who is he? Is he one of the many men who have married that Vedegra descendant?"
Lionias nodded quickly, confirming his father's guess. "Yes, your guess is correct, Father! He is Arvin Vedegra's fourth spouse."
Shortly after Lionias explained what he saw at the arena to his father, Pratesias also recalled the event right after the mysterious assassin killed Wiltan, the Second Prince.
"Father, didn't I already mention in my report that the mysterious assassin suddenly vanished from my sight? I am sure he used the exact same magic!"
Hearing his eldest son's words, King Estadian knew exactly what he had to do.
The first thing he would do was to meet the leaders of the two kingdoms that had become his allies.
"Order someone to immediately summon Darwin Ertachel to face and meet me in the throne room!"
With the Supreme Leader of the Victoriaz Kingdom making his move, the wheel of fate began to turn once again. A massive-scale conflict between kingdoms was about to unfold.
However, the main target had absolutely no idea that all his actions, infiltrating the palace, thoroughly looting everything inside, freeing the prisoners from the underground prison, and even killing the Second Prince of the Victoriaz Kingdom while the prisoners escaped, had now been completely exposed.
At this moment, Arvin was focused on fulfilling his promises to several of his spouses, fulfilling his promise to take Elenora and Savin out of the Galdius Holy Kingdom's territory, and continuing his journey to Dalsen City to recruit the talented individuals who had entered his radar as a military force for the Vedegra territory, entirely unaware of the storm of chaos that would soon approach him.
VOL. 5, FULFILLING THE PROMISE PART I [END]